Hello, I found the following machines lying idle at our Institute (shocking, I know!).
Power Challenge L
IP21 firmware
2 R8000 at 90 Mhz
2 GB disk
256 MB RAM
Origin 200 (2 Towers)
4 R10000 at 180 Mhz
2 GB disk
2 x 256 MB RAM
I would like to put some work on these machines *if* they can be
used fruitfully (with some addition of disk capacity perhaps) in
order to build packages for Debian (possibly as part of the build
infrastructure).
If so, then I would like to know if someone can tell me where I can
look for hints on getting a Linux kernel to boot on these machines.
The current Debian images do not seem to work (and probably should
not since these are for different firmware versions!). I have tried
to build a kernel for IP27 under qemu but not too hard --- so if that
is a bad approach please let me know!
If these machines cannot be used (are too slow/undependable) for
package building, the please tell me so and I'll let them collect some
more dust. :-(
Regards,
Kapil.
P.S. Please cc me as I am not subscribed!
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